Point of Order: A bad day for America’s enemies

The American strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities may end up being a bad day for a lot of people – but with luck, mainly for the autocrats, appeasers and anti-democrats.

There is a smidgen of sympathy for the Iranian regime. Every child with a stick eventually learns it’s not a good idea to keep provoking. But who would have thought that Donald Trump – the great peace president – would be the one to accept the informal declaration of war issued by the Iranian regime’s precursors on 4 November 1979.

Point of Order: Europe is in trouble – and it’s not just trade

Donald Trump thinks that US tariff negotiations with the European Union are going nowhere, the Daily Telegraph reports, and plans to impose a 50% tariff within the week.

It looks like the EU is not minded to follow the UK’s post-Brexit lead: accept a U.S. revenue tariff, tackle a few regulatory problems, and gesture towards future convergence (endless talks, always on the back foot).